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Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its death spiral
Read full article: Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its death spiralThe world's largest iceberg, A23A, is breaking into smaller pieces and may not last beyond November.
Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000
Read full article: Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000A new and massive study finds that climate change is melting the world’s mountain glaciers faster than ever.
Polar vortex makes much of US colder than Greenland, but warmth is coming. Then more cold
Read full article: Polar vortex makes much of US colder than Greenland, but warmth is coming. Then more coldThe polar vortex’s icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.
Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
Read full article: Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off AntarcticaThe world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.
Even with carbon emissions cuts, a key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says
Read full article: Even with carbon emissions cuts, a key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study saysA new study says no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an unavoidable melt.
Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.
Read full article: Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.A new study finds that four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time.